Myrtle Beach in SC

ECO SWIM BY AQUA GREEN and Belk are companies woven with environmental passion and honored Earth Day with a beach cleanup in Myrtle Beach. Over 50 volunteers pitched in to remove 71 pounds of trash.

That may sound like a small number, but that's a lot of trash for a beach that is constantly cleaned. The weirdest pieces of trash found on Saturday included a small pair of metal tongs and a Sesame Street sand toy. The press stayed just as busy as our hardworking volunteers. Click to view coverage from SCNOW, Myrtle Beach Online(before) and (after) and fashion blogger, Heartsleeves.

William Henry Belk opened the doors to his first store in 1888 in Monroe, NC. Today, 303 Belk stores can be found across 16 contiguous Southern states and together with Belk.com form the nation's largest privately owned mainline department store company under the third generation of family leadership. Belk is a company with a rich history of community involvement and providing its customers with the fashion they desire and the value they deserve.

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Date: April 21st, 2012

Location: Myrtle Beach, SC

Haul: 71 lbs

ECO SWIM BY AQUA GREEN and Belk are companies woven with environmental passion and honored Earth Day with a beach cleanup in Myrtle Beach. Over 50 volunteers pitched in to remove 71 pounds of trash.

That may sound like a small number, but that's a lot of trash for a beach that is constantly cleaned. The weirdest pieces of trash found on Saturday included a small pair of metal tongs and a Sesame Street sand toy. The press stayed just as busy as our hardworking volunteers. Click to view coverage from SCNOW, Myrtle Beach Online(before) and (after) and fashion blogger, Heartsleeves.

William Henry Belk opened the doors to his first store in 1888 in Monroe, NC. Today, 303 Belk stores can be found across 16 contiguous Southern states and together with Belk.com form the nation's largest privately owned mainline department store company under the third generation of family leadership. Belk is a company with a rich history of community involvement and providing its customers with the fashion they desire and the value they deserve.